M.C. Escher: Drawing and Illusion

M.C. Escher: Drawing and Illusion 

Instructor: Barry Shapiro

Description:

In this five-week drawing class for Veterans, instructor Barry Shapiro will guide students through drawing principals utilizing artworks from the exhibition, M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations, which include woodcuts, lithographs, drawings, and mezzotints from throughout the artist’s career.

M.C. Escher was a master of technique, design, and illusion. Students will create their own illusory images by examining his artworks in the VBMA’s galleries. The instructor will introduce basic drawing skills, using perspective and Escher’s own theories of design, which combine math, nature, and science.

The VBMA will supply registered Veterans with art supplies and all other class materials.

Schedule:

This five-week class will take place on Mondays from 5:30pm – 8:00pm at the Vero Beach Museum of Art in Studio 2.

Start Date: Monday, October 9, 2023

End Date: Monday, November 6, 2023

Instructor:

Barry Shapiro is a graduate of Pratt Institute (BFA in painting and printmaking) where he studied with internationally renowned artists such as James Grashow, Vasilios Toulis, Rudolph Baranik, and Audrey Flack.

His portraits and abstract landscapes have been featured in multiple exhibitions in the northeast and locally.

For more information, please contact Jaynilee Peña, School and Community Access Manager, at 772.231.0707 ext. 104 or jpena@vbmuseum.org.